CIA precursor: Abbr. Crossword Clue

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PRECURSOR (noun)
1. something that precedes and indicates the approach of something or someone
2. a person who goes before or announces the coming of another
CIA (noun)
1. an independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest; headed by the Director of Central Intelligence under the supervision of the President and National Security Council

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Across

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4. From ___ Z (the entire alphabet): 2 wds.

7. Floor-cleaning tool

10. Not at all difficult

12. Currency of Japan

13. "Great" hairy primate

14. Use a keyboard

15. Take a ___ (sit down)

16. Cappuccino container

17. Little one in preschool, say

19. Frozen ___ salad, vintage recipe with a dairy ingredient and broccoli that might have had an "interesting" flavor

21. Increase in salary

23. Chick's mama

24. ___ and don'ts

25. Cul-de-___ (dead end)

27. Surname of the Bee Gees members

31. Fail to include

33. ___-El (Superman's name)

35. Slap a legal notice, say

36. Long time boyfriend

37. Penny's husband in "The Big Bang Theory"

40. Cashew or almond, e.g.

43. ___ chicken confetti salad, vintage recipe like a white Christmas that might have had an "interesting" flavor

44. Tenant's rental contract

46. Early Beatle Sutcliffe

47. Frequent URL ender

48. Majestic Yellowstone creature

50. Within arm's reach

54. ___ and bananas hollandaise, vintage recipe with cured pork that might have had an "interesting" flavor

55. "Wave," in Spanish

56. Undergarment with a hook, perhaps

57. "... ___ woodchuck could chuck wood?" (tongue twister): 2 wds.

58. Aye's opposite

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Down

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2. Woo-hoo!

3. Psychic's sense Abbr.

4. Assent on a ship

5. Do a professor's job, say

6. ___ rocks (with ice, as in a drink): 2 wds.

7. Self-defense spray

8. Magnum ___ (Great work)

9. ___ Le Pew (cartoon character)

11. Bigfoot's brother

15. Atora ___ pudding, vintage recipe with meat cut that's sometimes medium rare that might have had an "interesting" flavor

20. Big Ben's country, for short

21. Colosseum's city

22. Continent larger than Africa

24. Number on a driver's license: Abbr.

26. LA's state, for short

28. "___ Mommy Kissing Santa Claus," Jackson 5 hit: 2 wds.

29. "___ the hatchet" (end a conflict)

30. Sleeping spot

32. ___ and Jell-O pie, vintage recipe with a saltwater fish that might have had an "interesting" flavor

34. Opposite of more

38. Toronto's province, for short

39. Grammar subject that may be “proper

41. Apply to, as a balm: 2 wds.

42. With 40a, a tasty cocoa spread

44. Super salad ___, vintage recipe shaped like unsliced bread that might have had an "interesting" flavor

45. ___ Stone, "Poor Things" actress

47. Tai ___ (martial art form)

49. Mary ___ (cosmetics name)

51. Gradually subside, as the tide

52. Dog bark sound, in comics

53. Flying fleet of the UK: Abbr.

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